Line-up included
- Kitson 'Kit' Keene - rhythm guitar (Summer 1956 - Oct 1960)
- Robert 'Bob' Hopkins - lead guitar (Summer 1956 - Oct 1960), bass (Oct 1960 - Summer 1962)
- Robert 'Bob' Scotcher - drums (Summer 1956 - Summer 1962)
- Peter 'Pete' Piddock - rhythm guitar (Summer 1956 - 1959)
- Ronald 'Ronnie' Hambrook - double bass, sax (Summer 1956), electric bass, sax (Summer 1956 - Oct 1960), lead vocals (Oct 1960 - Summer 1962)
- John 'Johnny' Smith - rhythm guitar, vocals (1959 - Summer 1961)
- Patrick 'Pat' Cahill lead guitar, vocals (Oct - Late 1960)
- Michael Anthony 'Mick' Morris on lead guitar, vocals (Late 1960 - Summer 1962)
- Peter 'Pete' Inwood - rhythm guitar (Summer 1961 - Summer 1962)
The Rolling Stones were formed in Summer 1956 in Dover, Kent as a Skiffle group by Dover Grammar School for Boys, Dover pupil Kit Keene on rhythm guitar (b. Kitson Keene, 1942 d. 1970) with two other pupils Bob Hopkins on lead guitar (b. Robert Hopkins) and Bob Scotcher on drums (b. Robert Scotcher). This was the original line-up.
Soon they were joined by Pete Piddock on rhythm guitar (b. Peter Piddock) and Ronnie Hambrook on double bass, sax (b. Ronald Hambrook). Hambrook soon had an electric bass as well as playing sax.
In 1959 Piddock left to go to university and was replaced by Johnny Smith on rhythm guitar, vocals (b. John Smith).
In October 1960 Keene left to go and work in London and was replaced by 19-year-old Pat Cahill (later became Neil Landon) on lead guitar, vocals (b. Patrick Cahill, Saturday, July 26, 1941, Kirdford Village, West Sussex, England d. Friday, March 20, 2020, Hamburg, Germany). With Cahill joining Hambrook moved over to lead vocals and Hopkins moved over to bass.
Landon left after a few months in Late 1960 and was replaced by 16-year-old Mick Morris on lead guitar, vocals (b. Michael Anthony Morris, Sunday, January 2, 1944, Dover, Kent, England). Australian guitarist Daevid Allen (b. Christopher David Allen, Thursday, January 13, 1938, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. Friday, March 13, 2015, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia of cancer) had replied to a newspaper advertisement, but in the end, he did not join the band.
Allen later formed The Daevid Allen Trio (Spring - Summer 1963), Mister Head (from May 1966) and The Soft Machine (Aug 1966 - Aug 24, 1967).
Morris had also been to Dover Grammar School for Boys, Dover.
In Summer 1961 Smith left and was replaced by Pete Inwood on rhythm guitar (b. Peter Inwood).
In Summer 1962 Hambrook decided to leave and The Rolling Stones changed their name to The Playboys with a slightly different line-up.
In Early 1967 from the ashes of The Playboys was formed Take 5.
In Early 1971 Morris formed with school Friend Jack Castle (b. 1944), psychedelic cult progressive Rock band Mirkwood. Morris and Castle from Tower Hamlets, East London and had been to Dover Grammar School for Boys together where they had their own bands here. They had met at 12 in 1956.
In 1967 Morris had invited Castle to join his band Take Five, who were essentially a covers band featuring excellent vocals harmony.
Some Rolling Stones gigs:
- The Folkestone Teenage Club, Folkestone, Kent, England
- Sunday, December 3, 1961: The Folkestone Teenage Club, Folkestone, Kent, England
- Easter Monday, April 23, 1962: The Empress Ballroom, England - supporting Joe Brown and the Bruvvers